Ch 25: WEST Middle Level Humanities: Indigenous American Peoples

About This Chapter

Get a broad refresher on the early American people and the effects of colonization after contact by Columbus and the European settlers. Ready yourself for the WEST Middle Level Humanities exam by completing the chapter test and lesson quizzes.

This chapter helps you prepare for the Washington Educator Skills Test--Endorsements (WEST-E) Middle Level Humanities exam by discussing the social setting that greeted Columbus as he landed in the Americas and what happened as the Native American and European cultures met. The content is delivered in memorable videos containing expert instruction and interesting graphics. Here we review:

The origins and history of Native Americans

The impacts of European colonization on early Americans

Details of the Columbian Exchange

The video lessons are easily navigated using our video timeline with content tags and video dashboard, allowing you to get right to the material you need to review most. Be sure to check out the lesson transcripts to review key events and people during the time. Get your mind in testing mode by completing the chapter test, which contains several multiple-choice questions similar to those you will find on the real exam.

WEST Middle Level Humanities: Indigenous American Peoples Chapter

The WEST-E Middle Level Humanities exam contains two subtests -- English Language Arts & Reading and Social Studies -- with the material in this chapter falling into the second one. Subtest 2 contains approximately 55 multiple-choice questions, about 33% of which fall into the U.S. and world history content domain. You will have an hour and 15 minutes to complete the test, after which you will have to go to the WEST website to receive your official score report, according to the schedule you will receive upon registration.

To pass the exam and receive your content knowledge endorsement for Middle Level Humanities you must pass both subtests with a score of 240 or higher on the 100-300 score scale. We'll help you get there in short order with these brief videos designed to be viewed both at home and on the go on your mobile device.

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